Definition of iris

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Iris (n.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye..

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Osiris :: Osiris (n.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis..
Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) Belief in the existence of vampires.
Nipper :: Nipper (n.) A satirist.
Seg :: Seg (n.) The gladen, and other species of Iris..
Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking.
Whall :: Whall (n.) A light color of the iris in horses; wall-eye.
Iridectomy :: Iridectomy (n.) The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.
Acre :: Acre (n.) A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English..
Girder :: Girder (n.) One who girds; a satirist.
Irishman :: Irishman (n.) A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian.
Whally :: Whally (a.) Having the iris of light color; -- said of horses.
Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.
Gairishly :: Gairishly (n.) Alt. of Gairish/nes.
Quirister :: Quirister (n.) A chorister. See Chorister.
Bogtrotter :: Bogtrotter (n.) One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish.
Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) Fig.: The practice of extortion.
Pupil :: Pupil (n.) The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris..
Hetairism :: Hetairism (n.) Alt. of Hetaris.
Irideous :: Irideous (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a large natural order of endogenous plants (Iridaceae), which includes the genera Iris, Ixia, Crocus, Gladiolus, and many others..
Rapparee :: Rapparee (n.) A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary..
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